Friday, 8 November 2013

Life is a Mosaic...how deep will you dig to find the authentic you?

Life is a mosaic. How deep will you dig to find the authentic, beautiful, radiant you?

Betrayed by love, internationally successful children’s
illustrator, Topaz Lane,
has a jaundiced view of relationships. Sworn off men for life, she feels
embittered that she’ll never achieve her one true dream: to have a family. When
Topaz’s sister enters her in a local radio competition, her life changes
forever. She soon discovers that everyone has a wound, and everyone has a gift
to share. Cover illustration by Sara Simon. www.sarasimon.co.uk

I have to tell you
I just read Mosaic in two days.....that was beautiful. I loved every word,
paragraph, page, chapter... I cried, smiled; my heart swelled with love and
joy. I squirmed with delight. Thank you sooo much. I feel so honoured to have read
it.

I don’t read
anything else during University semesters for fear of getting distracted. This
was one very beautiful book. I loved the circle of friendship. They gave so
much of themselves. Truly inspiring. Reading your book has made me appreciate
all my friends and family that have embellished my life so far. Tanya, Australia

Veronika, I read your wonderful book! Congratulations:) I LOVED it!

I loved spending an afternoon and evening in the company of lovely friends

– that’s just what it felt like, and just what I needed.

I managed to get some quiet time in the afternoon,

then was back at it as soon as the kids were asleep…and did not want to put it down.

It’s such a nurturing story. A modern-day fairy tale; one that could actually be true.

I could feel how much love you had put into writing it. Thank you. Lindy, Mauritius

Veronika Robinson,
owner and editor of The Mother Magazine, passionate, peaceful-parenting
advocate, author and much-loved friend has written many non-fiction books: The
Drinks are on Me, breastfeeding wisdom, to The Mystic Cookfire, the recipes of
which fill my home with delicious smells and my belly with good food. Mosaic is
her first novel. I was nervous, very nervous. Fiction is such a personal thing,
the stories we choose to escape in, the characters we love, hate, cry with,
cheer on, remember. I so wanted to enjoy this book, I was worried I wouldn't. Real
people leapt off the pages, recognizable situations, relationship struggles and
joys.

Veronika has taken
her beliefs, her passions and written them into a wonderful story of meaning,
exploring relationships, and the value of enjoying each and every blessing. Glimpses
of music listened to, meals enjoyed, all added to a feeling of friendship with
these characters, women of depth, survivors of life’s bruises, lovers of the
every day and celebrators of the magic of living. Why on earth did I worry? I
loved it. Denise, UK

I read this in about three days, a
miracle seeing as I never usually get time to read anything with having
children 24/7, but you know when you find a good book you can't put it down. I
knew it would be, thanks Veronika. Becky.

Really,
really enjoyed Mosaic; it reminds me a bit of Love Actually, and that's a
compliment! Thank you Veronika, it arrived at the perfect time 'Flu plus a
self-imposed 'screen-free' week. And
I DID cry! Xxx Elizabeth.France.

What a beautiful
story it is. I so enjoyed reading it, so much so that I read it all in one go
with sleeping children cuddled up around me! I think you are a really powerful
healer, and your words are your medicine. They offer the potential to heal and
reveal to the depths of the human heart and soul. The wise women in your story
are archetypes for our time, offering grace, truth and wisdom. I love the way
you include so many aspects of natural birthing and parenting, and liked to
imagine younger women reading this then exploring these ideas for themselves
and making them a reality when they become mothers for themselves. A beautiful,
inspiring story of the many depths of love and the human heart. Loved it and
looking forward to your next ones! Clare

It's a fantastic book, I finished it last night (Monday) (it
arrived Saturday morning). I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to
everyone. It has the most beautiful description of a birth that I've ever read
in a novel. I look forward to your next novel, Veronika. Michelle

I awoke early this
morning to sunlight streaming through the house. Making a pot of cinnamon tea I
settled down in my favourite chair and read Mosaic.
What a treat ~ simple, truthful, peaceful, evocative, inspiring. A time spent
with friends old and new. Thank you, Samantha

Well I
could savour no more and just sat and read it all!! I can tell you it takes a
lot to make me sit down in the day and read! I have cried my way through your
beautiful book. I have truly loved it, and am so honoured to be in it. I really
am. It is a beautiful book, and I miss all the characters hugely already! Bring
on the next one!! Mandy Bingham, Irish
singer and songwriter

I just have to
share that I received my copy of Mosaic yesterday, and managed to finish it
already between naps and my son's bedtime. What a WONDERFUL read. It is
poignant to all of us, and truly relevant to everyone who is human. It was an
amazing catalyst for me into some of the sore places in my heart that are so
deeply in need of healing; places that are affecting my mothering of my son,
and are crying out for ways to heal. I literally began to remember how to cry
them out as I read the book.

The first page had me... the characters were immediately like my old friends and
as they shared more of themselves with Topaz, the main character, I felt like I
had known them all my life... it reminded me how incredibly important it is to have
a circle of women in my life... something I have been desperately missing since
moving to England 2.5 years ago.

Topaz is a beautiful mix of already-amazing woman and one open to expanding and
learning new ways of being in the world. I was inspired and reassured that there
is still time to become everything I dream of. And the storyline unfolding in
her life kept me turning the pages well after I should have been in bed.

It was also incredibly refreshing to read a novel that fully encompasses the parenting
life I find so natural and comfortable... scenes of delicious food, sweet
experiences of birthing, parenting, educating ~ a way of being in the world
that is in line with Nature. Usually reading novels there is some place that
sticks, or prickles; some place where the way "the world" assumes a
way of being that just goes against what I feel that I end up with a bad taste
in my mouth. Mosaic left me with sweetness the whole way through, even through
the bitter, painful, tearful parts.
Much Love, Kirsten

A lovely novel with
a very human theme which almost everyone will relate to. I enjoyed this book -
it is an accessible read with simple but touching descriptions that capture
moments in human life and nature in a very evocative way. I loved the
introduction of important issues such as gentle birthing, empathetic parenting
and the importance of finding a peaceful connection with the earth. I hope that
the novel will open the eyes of readers who happen upon it and do not yet know
the joys of such a way of life.
I specifically liked the ending and the way the author has not shied from the
sadness which so many of us, if not all, experience - bereavement, baby loss,
changes that are difficult to manage and accept. I suppose life is a mosaic, as
per the title, and beautiful in all its parts as well as a whole picture - a
fitting title then for this snap-shot of a very human protagonist and part of
her uplifting, open-hearted journey. Clare
Sage (review on Amazon)

Thank you for sharing your heart
with us. The novel was intimately moving; I would like to get one for my eldest
granddaughter. Would you sign it from your heart to hers from her grandma?
I so want her to read it; beautiful seeds will be sown within.Not sure if she will
read it, but just her being in the holding of it, will touch her and kindle a
deep memory knowing.

Ruth

Irish singer/songwriter Mandy Bingham performing at the launch of Mosaic.